Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Fatehabad: A farmer sitting on a dharna in front of the local mini-secretariat against the acquisition of his land for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village was taken seriously ill due to the severe cold conditions last night. The farmer, Parkash Siwach (66), was sleeping under the tent …
The Ghaggar is facing twin attack: the industrial waste from Himachal and Punjab and the sewage drained into it from Sirsa, causing irreparable damage to animals, plants and humans alike. Samples of water taken from Sirsa and on the upstream at Chandpura in Fatehabad show a grim picture. The biochemical …
Toxic subsoil water causes skin diseases, other ailments. Influx of hazardous chemicals and other effluents in the Ghaggar has reached alarming proportions causing great damage to flora and fauna in the areas irrigated by distributaries originating from Ottu Weir near Rania town of the district. The pollution of Ghaggar is …
Fatehabad: Despite a ban, farmers have been burning paddy straw on their fields with impunity after harvesting their crops. Smoke emanating from the burning paddy fields is leading to environment pollution. Thick dark clouds of smoke can be seen in the clear blue sky pointing towards the gravity of situation. …
Fatehabad: Amidst renewed surge in opposition to the Gorakhpur atomic power project after the death of a farmer, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Thursday reiterated its commitment to maintaining highest standards of safety norms. Sanjay Gumasta, project manager of the project, said the Indian nuclear programme had …
Farmers opposed to the proposed Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in this district will hold a “Bhoomi bachao sammelan” at Fatehabad on November 1 to coincide with Haryana Day. A decision to this effect was taken at a condolence meeting held in Gorakhpur to pay tributes to Ishwar Singh Siwach, who …
A farmer sitting on a hunger strike along with other peasants to protest acquisition of land for the proposed nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana died on Tuesday at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak. Ishwar Singh Siwach, a 60-year-old farmer from Gorakhpur village farmer, …
Fatehabad: After the death of an agitating farmer, Gorakhpur villagers sitting in dharna against the acquisition of their land for the atomic power project have demanded abrogation of Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act before they cremate the body. Ishwar Singh Siwach (60) was admitted to the …
Campaigners to join hands, rally at N-plant sites Even before the nuclear industry gets its act together to build new plants, activists opposing India’s atomic energy programme have joined hands for co-ordinated protests at various sites where nuclear projects are planned. An organised agitation is expected to mount pressure on …
Fatehabad: Anna Hazare’s victory in his campaign for the Jan Lokpal Bill has raised the hopes of Gorakhpur farmers agitating to save their land for acquisition for a nuclear plant. The farmers have now decided to meet the social activist for the resolution of their problem. Hans Raj Siwach, president …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday sent out a clear message to the farmers that they would get “benefits” if they let their land be acquired for setting up power plants in the State. Interestingly, at a function organised at his residence here, he handed over appointment letters …
Fatehabad: Haryana is the first state in the country to have issued soil and water health cards to its farmers after testing their soil for nutrients and micronutrients, and verifying the quality of their subsoil water. Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh said today the state Agriculture Department had so far issued …
Fatehabad: Dr Surender Gadekar, an anti-nuclear crusader, said today that the proposed nuclear plant at Gorakhpur would endanger health of the people living in its vicinity. Concluding his seven-day awareness drive in villages surrounding Gorakhpur, Gadekar said a detailed scientific study on the hazards of nuclear plants showed that such …
Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has offered two probable sites to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). While one of the sites is in Balsamand area of district Hisar, the other is in Kitlana-Nimiriwali-Ajitpur area of district Bhiwani. A spokesman of HPGCL said that a team of NPCIL …
Elders Refuse To Sell Land, The Young Eye Profit Fatehabad: Farmers of Gorakhpur and adjoining villages are divided over the issue of the Haryana government acquiring 1,500 acres of prime agricultural land for the 2,800 mw nuclear project, the first in the state. While most senior farmers are on relay …
Parties like the INLD and the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi, which are opposing the Fatehabad nuclear power plant, must be having their own reasons to do so. However, the fact remains that their patrons demanded this plant whenever they were in power. In that way, one can say, there is
Jaitapur n-plant will put the extremely rich bio-diversity area to great risk and destroy environment, warn activists Activists who took part in a national anti-nuclear plant yatra from Tarapur, the site of the country's oldest nuclear reactor, to Jaitapur earlier this week have taken strong exception to the Union Government's …
Even though the Haryana government has initiated the process of setting up a second nuclear power plant in the state, it is facing stiff opposition from a section of farmers whose land is to be acquired for the first nuclear plant in Fatehabad. The notification for the acquisition of over …
Chandigarh Haryana government has shortlisted two locations for setting up its second nuclear power plant. The sites, Kitlana in Bhiwani and Balsamand in Hisar districts, were approved by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) in February this year and one of them will be finalised for setting up of …
